Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:36:20 GMT
From: Javier Villavicencio <the_paya@gentoo.org>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: misc/131880: printf("%zi", (ssize_t) -1) prints 4294967292 (unsigned) value instead of -1
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>Number: 131880
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: printf("%zi", (ssize_t) -1) prints 4294967292 (unsigned) value instead of -1
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Feb 19 16:40:04 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Javier Villavicencio
>Release: 7.1-RELEASE
>Organization:
Gentoo
>Environment:
FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 1 14:37:25 UTC 2009 root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
>Description:
Argument for %zi (or %zd) printf format is treated as unsigned while it should be signed.
See also:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2009/02/19/msg008168.html
>How-To-Repeat:
Testcase:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
printf("%zi\n", (ssize_t)-argc);
return 0;
}
>Fix:
Perhaps http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2009/02/19/msg008168.html
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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